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Monthly Unemployment April 2023

The Monthly Unemployment rate for April 2023 was 3.9%

Online ISSN: 2009-8456

CSO statistical publication, 04 May 2023, 11am

Key Findings

In April 2023 the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was:

Unchanged at 4.3% for males from a revised rate in March 2023, and down from a rate of 4.6% in April 2022.
Down to 3.6% for females from a revised rate of 3.8% in March 2023, and a decrease from the revised rate of 4.7% in April 2022.
At 7.9% for persons aged 15-24 years (youth unemployment rate), from a revised rate of 8.9% in March 2023.
Up to 3.4% for persons aged 25-74 years from a revised rate of 3.3% in March 2023.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (04 May 2023) issued Monthly Unemployment Estimates results for April 2023.

Commenting on today’s release, Conor Delves, Statistician in the Labour Market Analysis Section, said: “The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for April 2023 (for all persons aged 15-74 years) was down to 3.9% from a revised rate of 4.0% in March 2023, and down from a rate of 4.6% in April 2022. In April 2023 the unemployment rate for males was 4.3% and for females was 3.6%.

The seasonally adjusted number of persons unemployed was 108,200 in April 2023, compared with 109,600 in March 2023. There was a decrease of 15,200 in the seasonally adjusted number of persons unemployed in April 2023 when compared with a year earlier.

The seasonally adjusted number of males unemployed was up to 61,900 in April 2023, compared with 61,300 in March 2023. In April 2023 the seasonally adjusted number of females unemployed fell to 46,300 from the 48,300 observed in March 2023.”

Editor's Note

The methodology for the Monthly Unemployment Estimates involves forecasting the number of persons who are unemployed using the trend in the recipient Live Register series. The Department of Social Protection is providing Working Age Income supports to people arriving in Ireland from Ukraine under the Temporary Protection Directive. The Live Register series includes recipients of these supports who have met the relevant criteria. This has impacted on the numbers of unemployed, primarily females, in these monthly estimates.

Data in this release are subject to revision based on updates to the seasonally adjusted series whenever new monthly data are added. In addition, it should be noted that larger revisions can occur when the most recent Labour Force Survey (LFS) data are included in the calculation process.

The Monthly Unemployment Estimates published today for April 2023 have incorporated the LFS benchmarks up to Q1 2023 for the monthly estimates up to March 2023 while the estimates for April 2023 have been forecasted.

Headline Table and Graph

Seasonally Adjusted Monthly Unemployment
	Number of persons unemployed	Unemployment rate (%)
April 2022	123,400	4.6
March 2023	109,600	4.0
April 2023	108,200	3.9
	Number	Percentage points
Change in month	-1,400	-0.1
Change in year	-15,200	-0.7

Open in Excel: Monthly Unemployment April 2023 Headline Table (XLS 10KB)

Tables

1a Seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment by sex - all persons aged 15-74 years

1b Seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment by sex - persons aged 15-24 years

1c Seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment by sex - persons aged 25-74 years

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Table 1a Seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment by sex - All persons aged 15-74 years
		Number of persons			Unemployment rate (%)
		Males	Females	All Persons	Males	Females	All Persons
2021	April	102,200	88,000	190,200	7.7	7.6	7.7
	May	97,400	80,400	177,700	7.2	6.9	7.1
	June	89,700	73,300	163,000	6.6	6.2	6.4
	July	81,700	68,500	150,300	6.0	5.7	5.9
	August	75,500	65,800	141,400	5.5	5.4	5.5
	September	73,900	62,600	136,500	5.4	5.1	5.2
	October	73,600	63,500	137,200	5.3	5.2	5.2
	November	72,800	64,100	136,900	5.2	5.2	5.2
	December	70,300	61,500	131,800	5.0	5.0	5.0

2022	January	67,100	61,500	128,600	4.8	5.0	4.9
	February	63,600	59,400	123,100	4.6	4.8	4.7
	March	69,800	63,200	133,100	5.0	5.1	5.0
	April	65,200	58,200	123,400	4.6	4.7	4.6
	May	60,100	52,000	112,100	4.3	4.2	4.2
	June	58,100	53,400	111,400	4.1	4.3	4.2
	July	58,200	53,300	111,500	4.1	4.3	4.2
	August	58,200	56,400	114,600	4.1	4.6	4.3
	September	58,700	56,300	114,900	4.2	4.6	4.3
	October	60,200	58,900	119,100	4.3	4.7	4.5
	November	61,100	59,400	120,500	4.3	4.7	4.5
	December	61,200	56,500	117,700	4.3	4.5	4.4

2023	January	61,600	54,300	115,900	4.3	4.2	4.3
	February	61,200	51,400	112,600	4.2	4.0	4.1
	March	61,300	48,300	109,600	4.3	3.8	4.0
	April	61,900	46,300	108,200	4.3	3.6	3.9

Table 1b Seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment by sex - persons aged 15-24 years
		Number of persons			Unemployment rate (%)
		Males	Females	All Persons	Males	Females	All Persons
2021	April	32,500	30,400	62,900	20.9	21.2	21.0
	May	31,200	26,900	58,000	19.3	18.4	18.9
	June	28,000	23,200	51,200	16.7	15.2	16.0
	July	23,500	19,200	42,700	13.5	11.9	12.7
	August	20,100	17,500	37,600	11.3	10.4	10.9
	September	20,300	17,800	38,100	11.4	10.4	10.9
	October	21,200	19,900	41,100	12.0	11.5	11.8
	November	21,100	21,000	42,100	12.1	11.9	12.0
	December	18,400	19,200	37,500	10.6	10.9	10.8

2022	January	13,400	17,500	30,900	7.8	10.1	8.9
	February	12,300	15,200	27,500	7.0	8.8	7.9
	March	15,100	15,000	30,100	8.5	8.5	8.5
	April	19,300	15,000	34,300	10.6	8.4	9.5
	May	19,900	14,300	34,200	11.0	8.2	9.6
	June	20,800	16,500	37,300	11.5	9.7	10.6
	July	20,400	17,700	38,000	11.4	11.0	11.2
	August	19,300	18,800	38,100	11.0	11.9	11.4
	September	19,300	19,200	38,400	11.0	12.1	11.5
	October	18,000	18,000	36,000	10.3	11.0	10.6
	November	17,800	17,500	35,300	10.1	10.4	10.3
	December	17,700	16,700	34,400	9.9	9.8	9.8

2023	January	17,900	18,100	35,900	10.0	10.3	10.1
	February	17,700	16,900	34,600	9.8	9.6	9.7
	March	16,600	14,700	31,300	9.3	8.4	8.9
	April	14,700	12,900	27,600	8.3	7.4	7.9

Table 1c Seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment by sex - persons aged 25-74 years
		Number of persons			Unemployment rate (%)
		Males	Females	All Persons	Males	Females	All Persons
2021	April	69,700	57,600	127,300	5.9	5.7	5.8
	May	66,200	53,500	119,700	5.6	5.3	5.4
	June	61,600	50,100	111,800	5.2	4.9	5.0
	July	58,200	49,400	107,600	4.9	4.8	4.8
	August	55,500	48,300	103,800	4.6	4.6	4.6
	September	53,600	44,800	98,400	4.5	4.3	4.4
	October	52,400	43,600	96,000	4.3	4.1	4.2
	November	51,700	43,100	94,800	4.2	4.1	4.2
	December	51,900	42,400	94,300	4.3	4.0	4.1

2022	January	53,700	44,000	97,700	4.4	4.1	4.3
	February	51,400	44,200	95,600	4.2	4.1	4.2
	March	54,700	48,300	103,000	4.5	4.5	4.5
	April	45,900	43,300	89,100	3.7	4.0	3.9
	May	40,100	37,700	77,800	3.3	3.5	3.4
	June	37,200	36,900	74,100	3.0	3.4	3.2
	July	37,900	35,700	73,500	3.1	3.3	3.2
	August	38,900	37,600	76,500	3.1	3.5	3.3
	September	39,400	37,100	76,500	3.2	3.5	3.3
	October	42,200	40,900	83,100	3.4	3.8	3.6
	November	43,400	41,900	85,200	3.5	3.8	3.7
	December	43,500	39,800	83,300	3.5	3.6	3.6

2023	January	43,700	36,200	80,000	3.5	3.3	3.4
	February	43,500	34,500	78,000	3.4	3.1	3.3
	March	44,800	33,600	78,400	3.5	3.0	3.3
	April	47,200	33,400	80,600	3.7	3.0	3.4

Monthly Unemployment April 2023